Palmberg, Charles G.,
Building Contractor — Astoria — born in Linköping on 14 June 1867. At the age of
14 he entered into a carpenter apprenticeship. He went to America in 1884 and
settled in Duluth, Minnesota where he worked in his profession until 1891, when
he moved to Astoria, Oregon. After having worked here for different masters,
among them J. W. Supernaut, he started on his own as a contractor and builder in
1893. During the first years he built mostly family homes, but later on he also
built other types of buildings. Some of the larger buildings also built by
Palmborg are Hotel Flavel, the Spexorth building, the high school and many more.
During really busy times he has sometimes had forty employees or more. Palmberg
has also erected buildings in other Oregon towns and he is the owner of valuable
real estate in Astoria, Warrenton and several other places, as well as mining
property in the state of Washington. He has also handled contracting work in
Alaska, where he stayed in Dyea during the winter of 1899 when the disastrous
avalanche happened there. Palmberg is a member of Swedish Brotherhood, Knights
of Pythias, Commercial Club, Chamber of Commerce, director and vice-president of
Scandinavian-American Bank. He owns a home on 565 Grand Ave. and in 1904 married
Elin Margareta Elving from Stockholm. They have two children (a third has died).